Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge) Regulation 2013 (NSW)

2013 No 120

New South Wales

Fire Brigades Amendment (False

Alarm Charge) Regulation 2013

under the

Fire Brigades Act 1989

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Fire Brigades Act 1989.

MICHAEL GALLACHER, MLC

Minister for Police and Emergency Services

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Fire Brigades Regulation 2008 to increase (from $750 to $1,250) the charge that is payable when a fire brigade responds to an alarm that is afterwards discovered to have been a false alarm and where it is the second or subsequent occasion of any such false alarm during any period of 60 days. The charge for a false alarm was last increased on 8 July 2011.

This Regulation is made under the Fire Brigades Act 1989, including sections 42 (Charges for other services) and 85 (the general regulation-making power).

Published LW 22 March 2013	Page 1
2013 No 120
Clause 1	Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge) Regulation 2013

Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge)

Regulation 2013

under the

Fire Brigades Act 1989

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge)
Regulation 2013.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 July 2013 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Fire Brigades Regulation 2008

Clause 55 False alarms

Omit “$750”. Insert instead “$1,250”.